"Senior" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zī shēn veteran (journalist etc) / senior / highly experienced
 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor
 zhǎng zhě senior / older person
 nián zhǎng senior
 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel
 nián zūn aged and respected / senior
 gāo zhōng senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]
 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
 dà fū senior official (in imperial China)
 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer)
 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen
 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school
 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate
 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student
 gāo guǎn executive / senior management / (contraction of 高級管理|高级管理)
 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister
 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
 shǒu zhǎng senior official
 gāo jí zhōng xué senior high school / abbr. to 高中[gao1 zhong1]
 gāo sēng a senior monk
 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior
 zhōng zhāo senior high school enrollment
 guì fēi senior concubine / imperial consort
 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate
 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic
 gāo jí guǎn lǐ rén yuán senior management service
 Zhāng Xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
 Yuán Shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel
 jīn lǐng gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker
 gāo zhōng xué shēng student of a senior high school
 jìn yán to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice
 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang)
 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
 dà wèi captain (army rank) / senior captain
 Hé Yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general
 tài zǐ dǎng princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker
 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it
 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 / holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household
 Cáo Gāng chuān Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
 xiān gōng deceased father / deceased senior male figure
 Zhāng Tíng yù Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
 yuàn nu:3 senior palace maiden / unmarried woman
 shě jū bǎo shuài rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess) / fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
 Fāng Yì Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik
 mò xí end seat / place for less senior person
 mò zuò end seat / final place (for less senior person)
怀 Lǐ Huái yuǎn Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official
 wú dà wú xiǎo no matter how big or small / not distinguishing junior and senior
 méng xiōng senior partner in sworn brotherhood
 zhī zhōu senior provincial government official in dynastic China
 yàn xiōng senior fellow student
 shèng sēng senior monk
 jùn shǒu senior provincial official in imperial China
 gāo cān senior staff officer / staff officer of great talent
 gāo céng zhí xíng yuán senior executive
 gāo nián jí shēng senior student
 gāo jí zhí wù high position / senior post
 gāo jí zhí yuán high official / senior executive
 gāo jí jūn guān senior military officers / top brass
  Senior External Relations Officer
  Senior Forest Policy Officer
  Senior Coordinator for Refugee Children
 kuà guó yǒu zǔ zhī fàn zuì wèn tí gāo jí zhuān jiā zǔ Senior Experts Group on Transnational Organized Crime
 fù zé rén dào zhǔ yì shì wù shǔ zhǎng gāo jí gù wèn Senior Adviser to the Administrator for Humanitarian Affairs
  Senior Civil Affairs Officer
 gāo jí lǐng dǎo kē Senior Leadership Section
 gāo jí shěn jì yuán senior auditor
 suǒ mǎ lǐ wèn tí gāo jí zhèng cè xiǎo zǔ Senior Policy Group on Somalia
 bǎo hù wèn tí gāo jí guǎn lǐ xiǎo zǔ Senior Management Group on Protection
  Senior Protection Officer
 gāo jí jǐng wù gù wèn Senior Police Adviser
  Senior Human Rights Officer
  Senior Population Affairs Officer
 gāo jí zhèng zhì gù wèn Senior Political Adviser
  ASEAN-China Senior Officials Consultation / ASEAN-China SOM
  Senior Management Committee
  Senior Planning and Monitoring Group for Peace-keeping Operations
 gāo jí rén lì zī yuán zhù lǐ Senior Human Resources Assistant
 gāo jí xīn zī zhù lǐ Senior Payroll Assistant
  Senior Field Coordinator
 zhǔ rèn zhí bān jūn guān senior duty officer
 gāo jí rèn mìng xiǎo zǔ Senior Appointments Group
 gāo jí liǎng xìng píng děng shì wù gù wèn Senior Gender Affairs Adviser
 gāo jí gōng yè gù wèn Senior Industry Adviser
  Senior Planning Adviser
  senior staff member
  Senior Census Officer
 gāo jí fǎ yī bìng lǐ xué jiā Senior Forensic Pathologist
 gāo jí fāng àn zhǔ rèn Senior Director for Programmes
  senior editorial control officer
  Senior Women's Advisory Group on Sustainable Development
  Senior Military Observer
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